Arkansas Tornado Shelters

In-ground Tornado Shelters and Storm Shelter solutions!

The Granger ISS tornado shelter offers a market leading level of protection that is not provided by other underground or above ground tornado shelters. Granger's trademarked design provides market leading safety characteristics that are not available on shelters generated from less resistant materials, such as fiberglass, carbon steel or concrete. Remove the threats and anxieties linked with moisture-absorbing materials such as fiberglass that will definitely damage, decay, mold and mildew, concrete which will fracture and crack, or steel which will certainly rust.

The Granger ISS is created differently. Constructed of two walls of polyethylene, the twin wall surfaces are then filled with foam, fortifying the unit with distinctive advantages over various other shelters. With a considerably faster installation than other shelter types plus the ability to be installed in virtually any sort of location the Granger ISS is the most convenient shelter to get in the ground with the sturdiest construction available. Skillfully produced, extensively tested and providing the greatest level of protection the ISS is your answer to securing your family.

Granger ISS Shelter Gallery

Click on any of the smaller thumbnail images of the Granger ISS Tornado Shelter to have the image open in the larger image gallery. In the pictures below, you will find images ranging from a family of 7 sitting in the units, to major industry leaders installing units on their facility grounds. See why the Granger ISS is America's leading Tornado Shelter innovation!

Standard Shelter Door Color Upgrade Options

Bullet Resistant Panel Upgrade Available for Tornado Shelters

A Tornado Shelter that offers Safe Room level security!

As intense criminal offenses continue to escalate all throughout the country a broadening portion of households are investing in a safe place to go in the event of many types of emergencies such as home invasion, terrorist strike or other dangerous scenarios. Rotational Molding leader Granger Plastics has continued their commitment to offering the best safety options available. Granger's existing commitment to safety includes the capacity to upgrade your Granger ISS door to consist of a UL 752 specified bullet resistant panel. The panel offers protection against many typical handguns & attack rifles. It functions as an extra layer of defense in between you and whatever risk is outdoors. Take a glance at the graph to the right to uncover simply what degree of bullet resistance defense you could provide your family members with in their dual purpose tornado shelter and shielded panic room.

Tornado Shelter Door Comparison

Your shelter door is the most essential element securing you from an unsafe weather threat or tornado. Numerous shelter doors are made and made by companies with minimal experience in developing life saving items. Many of these firms only make shelters, work only seasonally or rely on much less trusted outsourcing to produce critical parts of the unit. This also frequently produces a higher turn over of inexperienced laborers. These shifty manufacturers often construct lower quality, economy type items that are of poor quality. These units often have unreliable construction with inexperienced design elements, tooling or manufacturing. Any tornado shelter consumer should take time to consider where and how their shelter is being manufactured.

It is also essential to take into consideration the style of tornado shelter or storm shelter door prior to your purchase. Ask the manufacturer if the design is as secure as possible? Is it easy to enter and exit? Does the supplier offer a life time warranty? Does the door have a life time service warranty? Is it able to be removed by emergency responders if needed? Does it meet the greatest FEMA guidelines for security? Is the door vulnerable to rust, mold or disintegration? Watch Professor Von Puppet in the online video clip below to find out several of the distinctions between tornado shelter doors and their corresponding materials. Not all tornado shelter doors are equal!

Tornado Shelter Doors: An Educational experience

Watch, listen and learn! As the Professor gives an informative lesson on differences of Storm Shelter doors. Learn why the Granger ISS offers the industry's best door protection!

Steel Tornado Shelter Door Rusting Away

Fiberglass Door: A future liability issue?

Equally as crucial as the materials comprising the shelter body there is potential for a variety of issues with particular storm shelter doors. Steel doors for instance are often extremely heavy and really challenging to open and close. While initially, they adhere to or surpass FEMA debris impact testing, it is not known exactly how the doors will hold up after they begin to rust or deteriorate in the field. It is likewise possible for door shocks placed inside the unit to end up being projected toward the occupants if the door is impacted in a certain way. Research is the best way to know you are choosing the most effective protection for your family. Is my door able to withstand the elements? Could my door weaken or even rust throughout making it unsafe to be inside during a weather emergency? Precisely how will the UV affect the material of the door? Don't subject your family members to these on-going worries!

Granger is the only manufacturer to have successfully deisgned, produced and test (3) different doors to meet or exceed FEMA 320 specs & demands. All Granger's door designs have been through rigorous testing at Texas Tech. Wind Science & Engineering Lab. The current door of the Granger ISS exceeded both FEMA 320 and FEMA361 tests with a single door! Can any other shelter manufacturer state that?

How many people fit inside the Granger ISS Tornado Shelter?

8 University of Cincinnati Students inside the Granger ISS Storm Shelter

Video of a family of (7) in the Granger ISS

In the video above, watch as (7) members of a family check out the Granger ISS Shelter to see if their family comfortably fits, and easily exits from the Granger ISS Tornado Shelter!

Easy Tornado Shelter Installation!

In this video clip All American Exteriors of Atlanta, Georgia installs a Granger ISS tornado shelter for a client! Watch a typical installation in the online video then contact a dealer for more information about what your particular installation would be like.

The Granger ISS features a PATENTED reverse taper design, which allows a fast, easy setup in practically any installation scenario! In areas where other shelters will certainly fail or merely can not be attempted due to a range of restrictions the Granger ISS in-ground shelter has the ability to be installed quickly and easily. With the recent innovation of adding foam in between the double walls of the body of the unit, it is easier than ever to install your shelter!

Granger ISS Shelter Manufacturing

A variety of shelter manufacturers develop units with outdated innovation utilizing inefficient equipment and low end tools and patterns. Some even make tornado shelters as an additional use of production tools as opposed to having full scale design and production capabilities. In this video, you have the opportunity to see the Granger ISS tornado shelter go thru the production, from powder to completion. This unusual glimpse into rotational molding gives insight in to the skill and specialized machinery required for this manufacturing process. This is NOT a small scale production facility.

The Granger ISS is the only rotationally molded, double wall construction, foam filled storm shelter on the market. It exceeds both FEMA 320 & FEMA 361 specs. No other shelter manufacturer can compare with the advancement of the patented Granger ISS and its many unique features. Watch this video and see first hand the rotational molding capabilities, research, tooling, and development that Granger Industries has put forth to be the leading tornado shelter producer! Proud to be made in the U.S.A.

Granger ISS Tornado Shelter Customers in the News

North Carolina Tornado Shelter customers of ABS Storm Shelters talk to a news channel about their recent Granger ISS Tornado Shelter purchase. Watch the video above for more information!

Watch in the news clip above, as a happy North Carolina Tornado Shelter customer has her Shelter installed while a Triad Region New Channel interviews the family!